{"id":2995,"date":"2026-10-20T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:03:44","slug":"drone-strike-in-disputed-sudan-south-sudan-area-kills-dozens-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2995","title":{"rendered":"Drone strike in disputed Sudan-South Sudan area kills dozens, minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 73 people were killed when drones struck a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border of South \u200bSudan and Sudan, the caretaker information minister for the jointly administered region said on \u200cTuesday, accusing Sudan\u2019s army of carrying out the attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The minister did not provide evidence for his claim of who was responsible for Monday\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n

Abyei is an oil-rich area that is jointly administered by South \u200bSudan and Sudan, which have both staked claims to it. It experiences frequent \u200bbouts of violence, with clashes usually involving rival ethnic groups or armed \u2060militias.<\/p>\n

\u201cAround 73 people have been killed, and 19 have been wounded \u2026 several \u200bdrones were shot yesterday by the Sudanese armed forces,\u201d Yohana Akol Ngor, the caretaker minister \u200bof information of the Abyei region, told Reuters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Last year, at least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed<\/a>, and eight wounded in a drone attack by separatist armed groups on a UN base in Abyei, \u200bBangladesh\u2019s armed forces said.<\/p>\n

South Sudan\u2019s foreign ministry said in a statement late Monday that drones \u200bstruck a market located north of Abyei town, but did not specify the number of civilian casualties \u200cresulting \u2060from the attack.<\/p>\n

The ministry said it had summoned the Sudanese ambassador to convey the government\u2019s \u201cstrong protest and deep concern regarding the attack and its implications for the security of civilians and the stability of the Abyei Area.\u201d<\/p>\n

The medical charity M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) said in \u200ba statement that it \u200bwas treating more than \u206020 wounded people at the nearby Ameth Bek Hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far we have received over 20 patients, including several critical cases. Patients with burns \u200bwere also admitted. We are providing surgical services and wound dressing, \u200balong with \u2060other emergency care,\u201d said Christian Lindauer, MSF medical activities manager at Ameth Bek Hospital.<\/p>\n

Sudan has been gripped by war<\/a> since April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support \u2060Forces. \u200b<\/p>\n

The conflict has drawn in local militias and foreign \u200bpowers, devastated large parts of the country and created what the United Nations has described as the world\u2019s worst \u200bhumanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At least 73 people were killed when drones struck a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border of South \u200bSudan and Sudan, the caretaker information minister for the jointly administered region said on \u200cTuesday, accusing Sudan\u2019s army of carrying out the attack. The minister did not provide evidence for his claim of who was responsible for Monday\u2019s attack. Abyei is an oil-rich area that is jointly administered by South \u200bSudan and Sudan, which have both staked claims to it. It experiences frequent \u200bbouts of violence, with clashes usually…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}